Mecca Kiddes was a little moved by what he said, but he still had a little scruple in his heart: "But...... I'm afraid the officials in Crete won't let me go......"

"What's there to worry about!" Siritaios reminded disappreciatively: "With the support of the Dionian Military Department, even if those officials are dissatisfied, they don't dare to do anything to you!" ”

Under the reminder of Siritaios, Mecca Kiddes finally made up his mind, and he said gratefully: "Thank you, Siritaios! ”

"It's not enough to just say thank you." Siritaios said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "When you become a citizen of Ionia in the future, and become a Dionian officer, you must not kick me out when I have something to ask you for help." ”

"Don't worry, I'll definitely help then!" Mecca Kiddes affirmed.

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On the seventh day of the Dionian Games, most of the events were already in front of the spectators, and the traditional Greek Games were redesigned and arranged by the Dionians, making the schedule not only fairer, but also more exciting, such as running, and even more exciting.

Traditional boxing matches are played in a relatively large arena, and the opponent is not considered to win until the opponent is knocked out or conceded defeat, and the fighters are often seriously injured or even killed. In the boxing match of the Dionian Games, the fighters of both sides wear thick gloves and win by the number of hits or knockouts within the allotted time, the fighters are safer and the game is less bloody.

However, the competition was held in a 5-meter square field circled by ropes and wooden stakes, which made it impossible for the competitors to dodge at will, and the competition became more intense and protracted, and the confrontation was stronger, which also won the praise of many spectators. Women and children were also allowed to watch the games because of the significant drop in the mortality rate of players.

The same is true for wrestling matches, which elevate the intensity and confrontation of the contest while ensuring the safety and fairness of the contest, and even add some interesting links, such as having the beautiful Kingdom slave girl walk around the venue with the number plate of the next quarter in hand, in between a period of matching, to attract the attention of male spectators......

Even the representatives of Olympia and Delphi were lost in thought when they saw these novel arrangements and designs in the game.

Of course, traditional sports such as "Brawl" were too chaotic and bloody to fit Davers's aesthetic at all, and were completely excluded from the Dionian Games.

The new events of the Dionian Games gave the audience a huge surprise, such as archery and swimming.

The Greeks were a seafaring people, and most Greeks frolicked in the sea since childhood, and rowing became almost an instinct, but no Greek Games ever included swimming as a sport, probably because they found it difficult to compete, but the Dionian Games set the standard for swimming competitions: the Games Preparatory Group carved out an area on the banks of the Klati River in the west of the city of Turiyi, and built an open arena. A rectangular pit 50 meters long, 25 meters wide and 2 meters deep was dug in the center of the arena, covered with solid and dense Davers cement and pasted with smooth marble, so that when the channel diverted the water of the Klatty River into the pool, there would be no obvious leakage. Ropes are then pulled up at three meters on both ends of the wide side of the pool to form 8 swimming tracks, so that the conditions for swimming competitions are fully met.

Although the first Dionian Games allowed competitors to use a variety of swimming styles (there was no standard swimming style at the time) and only set up different swimming events based on the distance swimmed, the spectators at each swimming competition still packed the entire stadium, and the cheers and cheers echoed every day on the banks of the Klatty River.

Although the swimmers are not allowed to apply olive oil, under the sun and in the rippling blue water, the athletes' posture of waving their arms and kicking their legs also shows strength and beauty, and can also inspire the spectators' longing and love for the sea.

The same is true for boat races. The Greeks had the conditions to set up rowing competitions, but the reason why they have not been held is probably because most Greeks live on the sea, and boating, fishing, and business are very common, and it is precisely because they are so ordinary that they have no interest in racing. But the boat races at the Dionian Games are designed to be fun and competitive.

There are two types of boat races in Dionia. One is the paddle race, which uses a wooden boat specially made for the race by the Turriy shipyard, it is very narrow but very slender, it can carry 4 to 8 oarsmen, there are no sails, all by oars, the competition is set in the Klatty River, like the land race, there are qualifiers and finals, and according to the course and the number of oarsmen, it is divided into several events, the shortest distance is one mile. At the beginning of the race, the contestants rowed quickly, and the speed of the boat could reach up to a dozen knots, just like the charge of the three-layer oared warship during the naval battle, which made the spectators on the shore enthusiastic.

Another type of rowing competition is the sailing boat, which is also a racing boat adapted from a small cargo ship by the Turiyi shipyard, which can only be ridden by one person, and cannot use oars, but can only control the sails to move the boat forward, so its competition venue is in the bay of Tourii, there is no qualifier, all the competitors participate together, starting from the port of Turiyi and arriving at the great port of Tarantum. The tournament lasts for a full day, and there are a number of observation boats along the way to prevent players from cheating. The competition was designed to test the contestants' ability to operate in the sea, so the contestants were experienced shipowners and fishermen in various regions and city-states, and it also attracted a large number of shipowners and fishermen from the Kingdom of Dioonia and various city-states to watch and learn.

On the seventh day of the Ionian Games, a very traditional race that is not very familiar to the Ionian population begins: motorsports.

Among all the Greek games, motor racing is the most popular, after all, human beings are always passionate about the ultimate pursuit of speed, and in speed events such as running, rowing and racing, the car racing competition is the longest, the most intense, and the most exciting to stimulate the passion of the spectators, and it is also the most popular among the Greek aristocracy, because according to the rules of the traditional games, the title of champion in a motor race does not belong to the driver who drives the carriage, but to the person who provides and owns the carriage, which gives no time to train, The Greek aristocracy, who could not play in person, had the opportunity to win the championship of the Games, so many famous Greek magnates won the championship, such as Alcibiades of Athens, the king of Sparta, and the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius......

However, the Dionian Games changed the tradition of the competition, and in the invitations sent to the city-states, it was emphasized that the championship of the motorsport competition was shared between the driver and the car provider, and the prize money was divided equally between the two men.

In the traditional Greek Games racing competitions, many drivers were slaves, and it was simply a humiliation for the Greek nobles to share the championship honor between the master and the slave, but even so, there were still many Greek city-state nobles who signed up for the competition, because in the era of Dionia's great power, dominating most of the Mediterranean, and controlling the Greek world, this is a great opportunity for them to make their name appear in front of the king of Dionia, which will be of great benefit to their future development in the political arena.

It was not only the Greek aristocrats who were keen on the racing of the Ionian Games, but also the long-rumored racing of the Ionian people, who loved the thrill of competitive sports, so on the day of the race, thousands of spectators flocked to the competition venue in the northern part of the Sybari Plain.

Since the stadium has only recently been built, it doesn't even have an official name, just simply called the Turrij Racing Arena. After the preparatory team of the Games decided that racing was a competition event, the Touriyi City Hall, which had never held a motor racing competition, sent a special delegation to Olympia, Delphi and other places to visit and study, including officials and engineers from the Ministry of Supervision.

But when they returned, the arena was designed and built very different from the motorsports arenas in Greece, just as the Greeks believed that any athletic race was free to watch, while the Dioonians were accustomed to paying money to watch the game, so the arena was closed. Due to the rush of construction, it is not as imposing as the main arena of Hades, with a height of only 20 meters and only two floors of auditorium, but its length exceeds that of any arena in the kingdom, reaching more than 500 meters, and its appearance is a long oval, so it can accommodate more than 30,000 spectators.

It was still early, but the entire audience was almost full, and the noisy arena suddenly erupted in thunderous cheers, and it turned out that King Davers and his family appeared in the royal stand.

Like the main Hades Arena, the Motor Racing Arena also houses a royal stand. But unlike the main arena of Hades, it was not built in the auditorium, but on two floors of spectators, becoming the highest point of the entire arena, which was the intimate consideration of the engineers for the royal family: because the track of the stadium was too long, only by sitting higher could you see the whole panorama of the arena.

Davers returned to his seat after waving to the audience. Christoya and Dido restrained the children and forbade them to run around, although they were protected by railings, it was not a joke to accidentally fall down from a height of more than 20 meters.